After 2 Trains, No Parking at 'Burg Station

Philadelphia-bound platform at Downingtown Station built after the original station building burned to the ground in 1990

Parkesburg received prominent mention in a Daily Local News article when Atglen native and Special Projects Coordinator for PennDOT, Bob Garrett, told Downingtown Borough Council last week,

"From Parkesburg east after 7 a.m., all stations are out of parking. We would like to upgrade the stations and make more parking available."

Garrett, who is also helping Parkesburg upgrade its train station, asked Downingtown to conduct a feasibility study to find a new locations for its new train stations.

Seems the existing location, since its located on a curve in the tracks, can't support the installation of handicap accessible platforms.

Alternative sites being considered include a site west of the current station on Lancaster Avenue and an area in the River Station development near Boot Road and Brandywine Avenue.

You can read the entire article in today's Daily Local here.